Definition

a saying, i.e. report

Etymology

from G5346 (φημί) (not the same as "phase", which is from G5316 (φαίνω));

Word family

• φημί phēmí
• φαίνω phaínō

How the KJV renders it

• tidings

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.